The sound of arrows flying across the sky piercing the air and the sound of bowstrings vibrating sounded one after another.
A man in black jumped down from the city wall in embarrassment in the dim flickering firelight.
What's strange is that most of the arrows seemed to have encountered an invisible wall when they reached half a meter in front of him, falling or sliding away without causing much damage to him.
Only a few arrows penetrated this invisible wall and hit him.
But looking at the way the arrow was nailed to his body and trembling as he ran, it must not have penetrated very deep into his flesh.
When the man in black ran out of the distance of the bow and arrow, the guards on the city wall shrank back with curses.
The men in black did not rush into the Ming army camp not far from the city. Instead, they turned around and landed at the foot of a small slope.
Li Jiang bared his teeth for a while, and the energy gathered in his back suddenly shook. Several "whee" sounds were heard, and several arrows inserted in his body flew away.
"Fuck, damn old man, do you want hundreds of people to guard you while you sleep? Are you an exhibitionist?" Li Jiang cursed in a low voice.
After a while, when the muscles of the wound contracted and stopped bleeding, Li Dong took off his night clothes and put on his Taoist robe.
"It's shameful, it's shameful. A great innate master was beaten like a dog by the soldiers. It's really shameful." Li Jiang shook his head and sighed as he walked towards the Ming army camp.
How did Li Jiang end up like this? This is a short story, and can be summarized in one sentence: He tried to repeat his old plan and pretended to surrender, but he failed and was hunted down.
At the gate of the camp, the guard suddenly saw a figure. He jerked his gun and shouted: "Who is it? Give me the password!"
The person said "I" and then continued to approach.
Xiaoqi on the other side was also nervous. How did this person get in through the secret sentry outside? I'm afraid the person who came here was evil. He didn't have time to think too much, turned around and was about to ring the bronze bell behind him.
When the situation was tense, the visitor finally got the code: "Eat chicken tonight."
Oh! My own people.
The bellman lowered his arm, and the gunman withdrew his spear.
The visitor walked up to the two of them, looking like a Taoist priest with an immortal air.
Xiaoqi rubbed his eyes and thought, why does this man look so much like the commander-in-chief? He had participated in the swearing-in ceremony and was fortunate enough to have met Li Jiang in the front row as a meritorious officer.
In the midst of surprise, I heard the Taoist priest speak again, "That's right! You two have performed your duties faithfully and meticulously, which is worthy of praise."
Wow! What a handsome voice. Xiaoqi was instantly excited, his face turned red, and he was speechless.
Li Jiang patted their shoulders with both hands and walked into the camp on his own.
Xiao Bing was still confused. He turned around and asked Xiao Qi, who still had an admiring look on his face: "Boss, who is this kid?"
Xiaoqi got angry, slapped him on the head, and cursed: "What kind of kid is not a kid? This is the commander-in-chief! If you keep yelling nonsense, I'll tear your mouth apart."
The soldier didn't care even after being beaten. He smiled innocently and touched the area where he was beaten, and cheered softly: "Mom, the commander-in-chief patted me on the shoulder and praised me for doing my best... what did I do? Boss."
"Go!" Xiaoqi immediately turned around to get pen and paper. He wanted to write down the testimonials given to him by the commander-in-chief. When he returned to his hometown after the war, he would ask someone to write a banner and hang it at home to pass it on to future generations.
Li Jiang had no idea that someone could pass down his casual words as holy teachings. He had already returned to his tent and was feeling melancholy.
The failure of "persuasion and education" made him very disappointed. He really didn't want to waste the lives of his soldiers, so he wanted to take a trick, just like in Suqian, when the enemy surrendered and bowed.
However, after this action, he understood that this trick was not useful for the time being. He properly guarded his large Chinese army tent like an iron barrel, so that not to mention mice and even flies could not fly in.
Then we have to do it forcefully! Thinking of this, Li Jiang stood up and walked into the big meeting tent in front. The place where he slept was right in the Chinese army tent, but there was only a layer of cloth between them. After all, he always liked to do assassination work, so
Also afraid of death.
In the front tent, the military aircraft Zhang Jing and a few Zanhua were lying in a mess, snoring one after another, sleeping soundly.
Li Jiang did not disturb them, sat down in front of his desk, picked up his pen and started writing a letter.
He wanted to write a letter to the White-browed Eagle King. Because the Eagle King was a veteran of the Ming Cult, and the eldest was the grandfather of the leader, it was not appropriate to issue a military order, so it seemed more respectful to write a letter.
In the letter, he and the Eagle King agreed on the date and steps of the general offensive. It was planned to be launched on the ninth day of the twelfth lunar month in the fifteenth year of Zhizheng. Lijiang on the northern front would be the first to launch the attack, oppressing the Yuan army across the board, and strive to mobilize the Yuan army's defense line to keep them from beginning to end.
However, the Eagle King seized the opportunity to cross the river and attack from both sides.
It is August now, and there is a reason why we chose to wait for more than three months. The water volume of the Huaihe River decreases when it is the coldest in winter, and there is still a freezing period of more than ten days, which is convenient for the army to cross the river.
After writing the letter, Li Dong grabbed Tong Derong's ear and woke him up, asking him to seal it with fire paint and send it to the Eagle King.
Tong Derong agreed, and found an official document from the pile of paper and handed it to Li Jiang. He also said: "Fan Junji has led the military movement to the right wing of Huai'an. It has not attracted proper attention yet. They asked for instructions whether to continue to move forward.
Appropriate pressure.”
Li Jiang said happily: "Very good, they will win this battle if they come here. In the name of the Military Aircraft Department, you give an order to keep them out of sight of the Tuotuo Army and to lurk for the time being. As for when to set off, let them wait for the military order."
"Yeah." Li Jiang pondered again and added: "One more thing, because there is no war at present, the Anhui combat meritorious personnel secretly come to the center to receive awards. I heard that people like Zhu Yuanzhang, Tang He, Deng Yu, and Fu Youde are very popular.
not bad."
"Yes." Tong Derong began to write his manuscript while grinding his ink.
On the seventh day of September, meritorious personnel of the Anhui Army arrived in Huai'an.
Li Jiang warmly received him and held a cocktail party in anticipation of the Double Ninth Festival.
At the cocktail party, he frequently raised his glass and drank celebratory wine with Zhu Yuanzhang and others.
After the banquet was over, Li Jiang was so drunk that he held on to several people and insisted on sleeping with them. He was a general, and his drunken words were also military orders, so they had no choice but to comply.
The next day.
When Zhu Yuanzhang and others woke up, they shook their still groggy heads and sighed: "General, courtesy and corporal, treat me like a brother!"
Several people left the tent and mounted their horses to return, but Li Jiang came in a hurry, holding hands with everyone and saying goodbye. His sincere words were like clear springs flowing through to soothe people's hearts. When several people heard it, they burst into tears and vowed: Dare to serve the general to the death!
Li Jiang's eyes were also red, and he repeatedly told them to take care of themselves and strive to make new contributions to Mingjiao.
Finally, Li Jiang personally helped them onto the horse and sent them off for another ride. Reluctantly, several of them clasped their fists and walked away.
Li Jiang looked at Zhu Yuanzhang's back and sighed secretly: "Zhu Hongwu, this is the best ending for you and me. With your ability, after I leave this world, you may not be able to succeed Yang Xiao and become prime minister."
He sighed and returned to the Chinese army's tent.
Time passed slowly, the leaves turned from yellow to withered, and swirled into the soil with a gust of north wind.